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BUILDER RANKINGS
BY J.D. POWERS
Builder
Darling Homes
Huntington Homes
Fox & Jacobs
Drees Custom Homes
Horizon Homes
David Weekley Homes
Highland Homes
Lennar
Centex Homes
Ashton Woods
Kimball Hill Homes
Sotherby Homes
K. Hovnanian
Standard Pacific
Mercedes Homes
Legacy Homes
Pulte Homes
DFW AVERAGE
U.S. AVERAGE
History Maker
Beazer Homes
Ryland Homes
Portrait Homes
Wall Homes
Meritage Homes
First Texas Homes
D.R. Horton
Grand Homes
Del Webb
KB Home
Choice Homes
Gehan Homes
Toll Brothers
Score
883
854
833
832
831
830
830
823
817
814
809
801
799
790
787
786
783
783
779
778
776
771
768
767
755
738
737
734
721
709
688
673
633
Information obtained from the Dallas Morning News, 9/11/2008
And Fox & Jacobs
The J.D. Powers and Associates annual rating of local home builders showed that North Texas builders in general had higher approvals than the national average in the survey.
An article in the Dallas Morning News about the survey reported that analysts say that the tough housing market may be a windfall for buyers of new homes. "Efforts by builders to respond to changes in the market landscape have contributed to the increase in customer satisfaction in 2008", Power's Paula Sonkin said in the report. "As a result, many homebuyers are benefiting from generous sales incentives offered by builders", she said.
"In addition, builders are doing a particularly good job of delivering homes both on time and fully complete", she said. The study found that 93 percent of D-FW new-home buyers received sales incentives averaging more than $13,500.
The survey included D-FW builders that sold more than 125 homes in North Texas in 2007. Almost 4,000 D-FW residents who have lived in their new houses from 4 to 18 months were surveyed. Results were based on a 1,000-point scale. The Power and Associates awards are coveted by builders around the country. "When customers are looking at who they want to build their house and see someone at the top of a list, that goes a long way", said Ted Wilson of housing research firm Residential Strategies.
